Fill in the blank with the correct medical term from this chapter, then find the words in the word search puzzle that follows

Question

1. The disease _______________ literally means “disease of self.”
2. The Latin word that means, “not in the mind,” is: _______________.
3. A(n) _______________ puncture is the withdrawal of CSF from the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region of the spinal cord.
4. The branch of medicine that addresses disorders of the brain, resulting in mental and emotional disturbances, is known as: _______________.
5. A neoplasm of glial cells is called a: _______________ .
6. The term for an inflammation of the brain is: _______________.
7. A condition that appears at birth or shortly afterward as a partial muscle paralysis is called _______________ palsy.
8. The suffix -algia means. “condition of _______________.”
9. The disease called _______________ disease is abbreviated AD.
10. A(n) _______________ is a circulatory problem caused by the weakened wall of a blood vessel, resulting in a protrusion through the wall that is in danger of bursting.
11. A(n) _______________ is a general term describing several levels of abnormally decreased consciousness.
12. The _______________ are several layers of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, which include the pia mater, arachnoid, and dura mater.
13. Damage to any of the peripheral nerves is known as a(n): _______________.
14. The disease _______________ literally means “disease of self.”
15. The clinical word for a stroke is _______________ accident.


Answer 1

1. autism
2. dementia
3. lumbar
4. psychiatry
5. glioma
6. encephalitis
7. cerebral
8. pain
9. Alzheimer’s
10. aneurysm
11. coma
12. meninges
13. neuropathy
14. autism
15. cerebrovascular